2003 · Week 15

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

38·21

Chargers

San Diego

QB Drew Brees

Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass · 61°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

GB -5

Total

45.5

Model margin

+0.3est.

SD perspective

Push chance

1.8%est.

Win probability

  • Chargers
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Chargers winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

The rivalry

GB lead 6–1 since 1999

Meetings average 51.1 points. SD are 2-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W11LAC @ GB20–23GB
2019 · W9GB @ LAC11–26CHARGERS
2015 · W6SD @ GB20–27GB
2011 · W9GB @ SD45–38GB
2007 · W3SD @ GB24–31GB
1999 · W7GB @ SD31–3GB

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–SD
GBQ1 15:00860Touchdown7–0
LACQ1 10:59935Field goal7–3
GBQ1 6:021042Punt7–3
LACQ1 2:011057Turnover7–3
GBQ2 12:55624Field goal10–3
LACQ2 8:59626Punt10–3
GBQ2 5:34733Punt10–3
LACQ2 1:50551Turnover10–3
GBQ2 1:17770Touchdown17–3
LACQ2 0:331-1End of half17–3
LACQ3 15:001071Field goal17–6
GBQ3 8:523-2Punt17–6
LACQ3 7:4656Turnover17–6
GBQ3 5:0830Turnover17–6
LACQ3 4:461053Touchdown17–14
GBQ4 14:5635Punt17–14
LACQ4 13:04272Touchdown17–21
GBQ4 12:10242Touchdown24–21
LACQ4 11:1830Punt24–21
GBQ4 10:4638Punt24–21
LACQ4 8:511-19Turnover30–21
GBQ4 8:4211Touchdown31–21
LACQ4 8:3750Punt31–21
GBQ4 7:13780Touchdown38–21
LACQ4 3:581373Turnover on downs38–21
GBQ4 1:363-2End of half38–21

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre23/3327841

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green19753.91
Tony Fisher2136.50
Najeh Davenport252.50
Doug Pederson3-2-0.70
Robert Ferguson1-8-8.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -52.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.5%2.7%

Positive margins favour Chargers; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

1.84%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.9%

Expected total

44.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.25
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.31

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.